Bridle.



No. 725,626. I PATENTED APRH M, 1903.

J. E. NOBLE.

BRIDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. NOBLE, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent' No. 725,626, dated April14, 1903.

Application filed April 11,1902- To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. NOBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne,in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles; and I dodeclare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to'theaccompanying drawings, and to the figuresof reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bridles for beasts; and theobject of my improvement is to afiord a bridle capable of controllingbeasts to which it is applied without the use of a bit.

I accomplish my object by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showingmy bridle in place upon the head of a beast. Fig. 2 is a plan of thecontrolling mechanism, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the controllingmechanism with the actuating-lever partly drawn outward.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several Views.

My invention operates to effect lateral pressure at a pointapproximately back of the mouth and coincidentally to tighten the chinand nose straps about the muzzle of the beast. To accomplish this, Ihave made a U-shaped metal frame 17, with lugs 20 at its ends, in whichis fixed a pin 18. A loop 11 is made integral with the base of saidframe, to which the chin-strap 12 is attached. A loop 2 is made integralwith the side of the frame 17, to which is attached the cheek-strap 1.The sides 3 of said loop extend a short distance parallel with saidcheek-strap to prevent the frame from tipping. A corner-loop 5 is madecontiguous with the loop 2 and side of the Serial No. 102,444. (Nomodel.)

frame 17, to which is attached the checkrein 4. A lever 14 ranges withinthe frame 17 and is secured thereto upon the pin 18. The inner end ofsaid leverhas a bifurcated lug 15, in which is loosely secured a lug 16,

'which thereby attaches the presser-bar 13.

. strap 12, and checkrein 4 accordingly connect with like parts thereof.

In operation when the loop 8 is drawn, as by tension of the rein 21, thepresser-bar is carried inward by the lever 14 against the muzzle of thebeast, and coincidentally therewith the nose-strap 6 by reason of itsconnection with the cross-piece 7 is drawn downward and the frame 17with the chin-strap 12 attached thereto, is drawn upward, thus bindingthe beasts muzzle.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a bitless bridle, the supporting-frames; a chin-strap connecting saidframes; the levers pivoted insaid frames; presser-bars pivotedrespectively to the lower ends of said levers; and a nose-strap attachedat its ends to said levers respectively and being adapted to be actuatedthereby.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. NOBLE.

Witnesses:

WILMER LEONARD, BELLE B. NO LE.

